Written by

Donovan Slack
Gannett Washington Bureau

As accusations that Veterans Affairs' employees cooked the books on wait times for medical treatment spread to six states, members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation from both sides of the aisle are starting to worry about wait times in the Badger State.

At an event in Green Bay this week, Rep. Reid Ribble said one veteran told him he was in "excruciating pain" with a urological condition, but that VA officials told him the next available appointment was in six months. Another said it took nine months to get hearing aids.

"He said, 'I don't understand why I had to be deaf for nine months. Why ...